Another great apple recipe!

Apple Danishes...I have tried a pastry recipe like this before, and it turned out to be very complicated! The dough did take several hours to prepare, but the result tasted excellent. Try putting rhubarb in the filling instead of apples for a "Lanesboro" twist!

Ingredients:
Pastry Dough
2 cups flour plus extra for dusting
3/4 cup butter
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 oz yeast
2 tbsp sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
6 tbsp lukewarm water
milk for glazing

Filling
2 baking apples, peeled
grated rind of one lemon
4 tbsp sugar

Directions:
Place the flour in a bowl and rub in 2 tbsp of butter. Stir in salt, yeast, and sugar.

Chill the remaining butter in the freezer until hard, not completely frozen. Dust with flour and grate into a bowl, chill.
In another bowl, beat the egg with the vanilla and water, then add to the flour mixture and mix to form a dough. Knead for 10 minutes, then chill for ten minutes.

Roll the dough to 12x8 inches and divide into thirds the long way. Sprinkle the grated butter on the top 2/3 of the dough, and fold the dough like a brochure; non-buttered side folded over the middle 1/3 first. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes. Roll the dough out to the same dimensions again, and chill. Repeat this twice, and finally roll the dough to 16x16 inches.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Mix the diced apples with the lemon rind and 3 tablespoons of the sugar. Cut the 16x16 inch dough into 16 squares, pile some apple filling in the middle of each, and fold the corners in. Brush the corners with milk to get them to stick, and sprinkle the tops with sugar Place on greased baking sheets, and bake at 400 degrees for ten minutes. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees and bake for another 12-15 minutes